2003 Outdoor


Lower Merion Invitational @ Lower Merion HS
Saturday, May 3, 2003

Results Below


Two meet records in two great runs for Villanova-bound Drew Eckman of Oxford. His 37.39 bettered the
38.4 set by Central's Tony Fulton in 2000; and his 47.49 broke the 1997 record of 48.5 set by Great
Valley's Nick Reynolds. The Merion Mercy relays are tuning up for post-season. With Tiffany Abney,
they won the 4x400 in 3:57.41. They also took the 4x800 in 9:31.67. Individually, Abney won the 300
Hurdles in 44.88. Unionviille's John Zacharkiw won two events, the Shot Put (53-71/4) and
the Discus (150-8).

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Drew Eckman, Oxford, wins the 400 in 47.49.

BOYS' EVENTS
100 meters: 1, Matt Henderson, North Penn, 11.22. 2, Quenton
Boyer, Phoenixville, 11.24. 3, Kareef Wallace, Coatesville, 11.46.
110 hurdles: 1, Mike Wray, Central, 15.16. 2, C.J. Queen,
Coatesville, 15.55. 3, Scott Simonovich, North Penn, 15.69.
300 hurdles: 1, Drew Eckman, Oxford, 37.39 (new meet record,
betters 38.4, Tony Fulton, Central, 2000). 2, Scott Simonovich, North
Penn, 40.46. 3, Mike Wray, Central, 40.67.
200: 1, Ryan
Bird, Conestoga, 22.28. 2, Kevin Bardo, Harriton, 22.72. 3, Quenton
Boyer, Phoenixville, 22.78.
400: 1, Drew Eckman, Oxford,
47.49 (new meet record, betters 48.5, Nick Reynolds, Great Valley,
1997). 2, Ryan Bird, Conestoga, 48.6. 3, Mark Curtis, Haverford,
51.08.
800: 1, Justin Woodruff, West Chester East,
1:55.24. 2, Mike Syrnick, Central, 1:56.37. 3, Adam Thomas, North Penn,
1:56.54.
1,600: 1, Mike Surnick, Central, 4:22.15. 2,
Jordan Stitzer, Great Valley, 4:33.43. 3, Shane Snyder, Coatesville,
4:35.44.
3,200: 1, Jon Cartwright, Central, 9:42.91. 2,
Amin Garnett, Coatesville, 9:44.48. 3, Sean Doyle, North Penn,
9:55.59.
4x100-meter relay: 1, Harriton, 44.20. 2,
Coatesville, 44.40. 3, Central, 45.11.
4x400 relay: 1,
North Penn, 3:24.54. 2, Conestoga, 3:27.11. 3, Central, 3:28.52.
4x800 relay: 1, North Penn, 8:10.98. 2, Central, 8:32.24. 3,
Coatesville, 8:41.78.
Long jump: 1, Ozzie Brown, Plymouth
Whitemarsh, 20-8. 2, Fortune Shaba, Octorara, 20-01/2. 3, Marque Dexter,
Central, 19-101/4.
Triple jump: 1, Marques Dexter,
Central, 43-11/2. 2, Fortune Shaba, Octorara, 42-73/4. 3, Clarence
Smith, Coatesville, 42-01/4.
High jump: 1, Ryan Fritz,
Octorara, 6-1. 2, Matt Devlin, Coatesville, 6-0. 3, Derrick Teel,
Coatesville, 6-0.
Shot put: 1, John Zacharkiw, Unionville,
53-71/4. 2, Jim Casertano, North Penn, 50-0. 3, Cecil Bell, Coatesville,
45-81/4.
Discus: 1, John Zacharkiw, Unionville, 150-8. 2,
Ryan Sweet, Coatesville, 147-5. 3, Charles Curry, Octorara, 125-6.
Javelin: 1, Nick Kraynak, Phoenixville, 161-5. 2, Max Westman,
Lower Merion, 155-8. 3, Brian Ford, North Penn, 155-3.
Pole
vault: 1, Jesse Chew, Phoenixville, 14-3 (new meet record, betters
14-2, Dan Swanker, North Penn, 1993). 2, Kevin Orner, Oxford, 13-6. 3,
Steve Dasch, North Penn, 12-6.
 
GIRLS' EVENTS
100
meters: 1, Tierra Flowers, Coatesville, 12.77. 2, Cassie Williams,
Lower Merion, 12.86. 3, Dana Haslett, Pennridge, 12.97. 
100
hurdles: 1, Kat Allen, Conestoga, 15.54. 2, Kim Morris, Plymouth
Whitemarsh, 15.61. 3, Brooke Wolfe, Pennridge, 16.14.
200:
1, Dana Haslett, Pennridge, 26.16. 2, Tierra Flowers, Coatesville,
26.85. 3, Ashley Ninees, Conestoga, 26.96.
300 hurdles: 1,
Tiffany Abney, Merion Mercy, 44.88. 2, Kat Allen, Conestoga, 45.22. 3,
Brooke Wolfe, Pennridge, 45.92.
400: 1, Chelsea Nader,
Lower Merion, 58.25. 2, Kimara McDonald, Merion Mercy, 59.54. 3, Ashley
Ninees, Conestoga, 59.77.
800: 1, Liz Costella, Conestoga,
2:23.99. 2, Sarah Limback, Merion Mercy, 2:25.25. 3, Erin Berg, North
Penn, 2:25.32.
1,600: 1, Katie Thaeder, Unionville,
5:15.18. 2, Julie Kraynak, Phoenixville, 5:18.73. 3, Amanda Foskett,
Lower Merion, 5:22.36.
3,200: 1, Nicole Blaesser, Oxford,
11:26.25. 2, Christy Totten, Pennridge, 11:42.17. 3, Kate Netten,
Conestoga, 11:46.05.
4x100-meter relay: 1, Coatesville,
49.87. 2, Lower Merion, 50.43. 3, Pennridge, 50.86.
4x400
relay: 1, Merion Mercy, 3:57.41. 2, Conestoga, 4:02.28. 3, North
Penn, 4:03.08.
4x800 relay: 1, Merion Mercy, 9:31.67. 2,
North Penn, 9:32.77. 3, Conestoga, 9:44.91.
Long jump: 1,
Chanel Williams, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 15-71/4. 2, Sequoia McBall,
Coatesville, 15-6. 3, Jean Brandt, North Penn, 15-3.
Triple
jump: 1, Brooke Wolfe, Pennridge, 35-10. 2, Kim Morris, Plymouth
Whitemarsh, 35-41/2. 3, Sequoia McBall, Coatesville, 32-43/4.
High jump: 1, Barbie Searer, Unionville, 5-0. 2, Denise
Manero, Pennridge, 5-0. 3, Jessie Hicks, Unionville, 4-10.
Shot put: 1, Ari Paige, Central, 35-101/2. 2, Tayvon Gray,
Coatesville, 34-1. 3, Ashley Dixon, Octorara, 32-21/2.
Discus: 1, Tayvon Gray, Coatesville, 104-9. 2, Angela Furman,
Great Valley, 93-1. 3, Jenna Messina, Pennridge, 92-8.
Javelin: 1, Tahni Diehl, Plymouth Whitemarsh, 101-8. 2, Katy
Black, Coatesville, 101-0. 3, Liz Clark, Oxford, 99-7.
Pole
vault: 1, Crista McDonald, Phoenixville, 10-0. 2, Krista Foulds,
Phoenixville, 9-6.